Division III Men :      May 14, 2000 [ The Game Story]
Salisbury State 21 Washington College 9 Scoring: Scoring: Joe High Kevin Fox Craig Rhodey Ryan Fisher Chris Turner Scott Chandler Tim Parks Ryan Mckenzie Josh Bergey Hirbod Azmi Phil Matkovic (6, 2) (4, 2) (4, 0) (1, 2) (2, 0) (1, 0) (0, 1) (0, 1) (0, 1) (0, 1) (1, 0) Owen Mulhern Nick Nylund Jd Radebaugh Craig Rentch Kevin Dorst Ryan Palmer Jon Fellows Chris Johnson (1, 3) (2, 0) (2, 0) (2, 0) (0, 2) (1, 0) (1, 0) (0, 1) Saves: Saves: Pat Tewes John Dodson 16  (0.727) 0  (0.000) Ray Pagano Jesse Markowitz 14  (0.412) 2  (0.667) Current Record :     (16-1) Current Record :     (12-4) Team Page For 2000 Team Page For 2000       The Game Story:

The game started off with J.D Radebaugh and Chris Martin, two of the game's best face off middies, going head to head. It was Radebaugh who drew first blood, giving his team the first possession. Washington was also the first to score when at 12:46 Owen Mulhern dodged an errant check by Dave Dipaola, letting him bounce a shot past Dodson and silence a very loud SSU crowd. Salisbury bounced back though and tied it at one when Joe High roped one stick side past Pagano. Salisbury managed to score less then a minute later when Craig Rhodey drove through three defenders on his way to the crease and dinked one low on the short side. On the defensive half of the field, SSU's long poles may have been a little to revved up early on and found themselves victim to a late hit, giving Washington a one minute man up advantage. Washington was able to capitalize on this at 8:47 when big J.D. Radebaugh put a high bouncer past a shaky Dodson, tying the game up at two. Salisbury, who was determined to hold the lead, went up 3-2 at 8:08 when Joe High quick sticked a Kevin Fox feed past a stunned Pagano. However, Washington was resiliant early on and managed to tie it up at three when last game's miracle worker, Craig Rentch, beat his man to the net and put a dip and dunk past Dodson. Washington was finally able to jump ahead when Rentch buried a backside feed from middie Owen Mulhern, giving them a 5-4 first quarter lead.

The second quater started off just the way SSU likes it, fast and furious. Scoring first was long stick middie Phil Matkovic, who picked the ball up off the face, sprinted down the field and dodged two Washington defenders before he put a five yard shot past Pagano. Scoring next for the Gulls was Kevin Fox, who squeezed a twelve yard bouncer in, giving SSU a one goal lead. As this was going on it seemed that Radebaugh and Bookhamer were having words, and in a completely classless move, Radebaugh slashed Bookhamer in the groin. The far side official who was watching all of this quickly threw a flag and gave Radebaugh a one minute unreleasable unsportsmanlike penalty. Although Salisbury was unable to take advantage of the man up, it seemed to give their team the spark it needed to finish the quarter with a commanding 9-6 lead.

The second half started off with Joe High scoring a classic garbage goal on the crease, as he out-muscled a Washington defender and goosed in a ground ball. As Washington started to see the game slip away they started to take stupid penalties. The first two came at 6:37 when Radebaugh and Mulhern both took unnecessary slashing penalties. Salisbury quickly converted a five on three, giving them a commanding 12-5 lead. It was at 1:05 of the third when Washington finally found the back of the net off of a high bounce shot from, you guessed it, J.D Radebaugh. The fourth quarter was all Salisbury as they outscored Washington 7-1. However, there were some fireworks in the fourth quarter when J.D Radebaugh decided to crosscheck Chris Martin across the head right after the face off. The refs and fans were quick to jump all over this one, but curiously, both Martin and Radebaugh found themselves in the box.